User:Madison Roy/Louisiana State Penitentiary
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21st Century History
Angola's testing protocol was extremely problematic given the makeup of the population. Many prisoners at Angola are older men with pre-existing conditions that make them more vulnerable to catching the virus and suffering extreme complications from it.
Relatives of inmates report hearing from their family that they felt that if they contracted the virus they would not be treated. At least four prisoners who died in Angola due to COVID were denied medical help for days prior to their deaths.[1]
Inmate-Quarters
Louisiana routinely reaches weather over 90 degrees Fahrenheit for many months of the year. Angola's lack of sustained air conditioning is a public health concern.[2] Additionally, lack of air-conditioning in extreme heat, which is a situation common in Angola, is linked to mortality in similar scenarios.[3]
- ^ Webster, Anat Rubin,Tim Golden,Richard A. "Inside the U.S.'s Largest Maximum-Security Prison, COVID-19 Raged. Outside, Officials Called Their Fight a Success". ProPublica. Retrieved 2022-10-14.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link) - ^ Verderber, Stephen (2005). Compassion in architecture: Evidence-based design for health in Louisiana. Lafayette: Center for Louisiana Study.
- ^ Rogot, Eugene; Sorlie, Paul D.; Backlund, Eric (1992-07-01). "Air-conditioning and Mortality in Hot Weather". American Journal of Epidemiology. 136 (1): 106–116. doi:10.1093/oxfordjournals.aje.a116413. ISSN 1476-6256.